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marl
1[ mahrl ]
noun
- Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Archaic. earth.
verb (used with object)
- to fertilize with marl.
marl
2[ mahrl ]
verb (used with object)
, Nautical.
- to wind (a rope) with marline, every turn being secured by a hitch.
marl
1/ mɑːˈleɪʃəs; mɑːl /
noun
- a fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of clay minerals, calcite or aragonite, and silt: used as a fertilizer
verb
- tr to fertilize (land) with marl
marl
2/ mɑːl /
verb
- nautical to seize (a rope) with marline, using a hitch at each turn
marl
/ märl /
- A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that forms in both freshwater and marine environments.
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Derived Forms
- marlacious, adjective
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Other Words From
- mar·la·cious [mahr-, ley, -sh, uh, s], marly adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marl1
1325–75; Middle English marle < Middle Dutch < Old French < Medieval Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga, said to be < Gaulish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marl1
C14: via Old French, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga
Origin of marl2
C15 marlyn to bind; related to Dutch marlen to tie, Old English mārels cable
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Example Sentences
The flint hatchets found at St. Acheul, France, were obtained from a gravel bed which lay below twelve feet of sand and marl.
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It was a bluff or butte of limestone which innumerable years had converted into marl, and for the most part into earth.
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Half an hour later we crossed the tracks at Verbena and turned into a broad marl road.
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Why do we not then persuade husbandmen that they should not till land, help it with marl, lime, and compost?
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A deposit of marl stretches along nearly the whole of its shores and of tolerable breadth.
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